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Wartburg will host Midwest humanities conference Saturday, Nov. 2

Wartburg College will host students from seven other schools at the third annual Midwest Undergraduate Conference in the Humanities Saturday, Nov. 2.

Fourteen Wartburg students will be among the 38 presenting papers, giving readings and recitals, and offering displays on such topics as politics, religion, culture, crime and women’s issues. The conference runs from 9:45 a.m. to 4:15 p.m. in Whitehouse Business Center 116.

MUCH was founded by Dr. Zak Montgomery, Wartburg assistant professor of Spanish, and Dr. JJ Butts, formerly on the Wartburg faculty and now an assistant professor of English at Simpson College, to provide humanities students with an opportunity to present research papers.

The conference also will include a faculty roundtable discussion at noon on “Current and Future Trends in Humanities Research and Practice” in the Heritage Ballroom of Saemann Student Center. The panelists will be:

Dr. Sean Cobb, Gustavus Adolphus, assistant professor of Film and American literature.